Mthimkhulu was a graduate trainee at Business Day and the Financial Mail
03 April 2023 - 20:37
by Luyolo Mkentane
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Finance minister Enoch Godongwana’s chief of staff, Percy Mthimkhulu, died in his sleep on Monday, his family said in a statement.
Mthimkhulu, a former journalist from Soweto, launched his journalism career as a graduate trainee at Business Day and the Financial Mail.
He went on to spend five years at the media house, rising through the ranks to become a senior editor in the investment section where he produced “high-quality stories and analysis pieces on leading JSE-listed companies”, his family said in a statement released on Monday night.
“Recently he was part of the team that wrote the ANC’s Covid-19 economic reconstruction document, the SA economic recovery and reconstruction plan and the SA tourism recovery plan.
“He was also a member of the technical team supporting the ANC’s NEC economic transformation subcommittee,” the statement said.
Mthimkhulu graduated with an MPhil degree in development finance from the University of Stellenbosch Business School. This was after he attained a BCom Honours degree in economics, certificates in economic journalism and an applied economics online course with the University of Cape Town.
Details of memorial and funeral services will be released soon, the family said.
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Former journalist Percy Mthimkhulu dies
Mthimkhulu was a graduate trainee at Business Day and the Financial Mail
Finance minister Enoch Godongwana’s chief of staff, Percy Mthimkhulu, died in his sleep on Monday, his family said in a statement.
Mthimkhulu, a former journalist from Soweto, launched his journalism career as a graduate trainee at Business Day and the Financial Mail.
He went on to spend five years at the media house, rising through the ranks to become a senior editor in the investment section where he produced “high-quality stories and analysis pieces on leading JSE-listed companies”, his family said in a statement released on Monday night.
“Recently he was part of the team that wrote the ANC’s Covid-19 economic reconstruction document, the SA economic recovery and reconstruction plan and the SA tourism recovery plan.
“He was also a member of the technical team supporting the ANC’s NEC economic transformation subcommittee,” the statement said.
Mthimkhulu graduated with an MPhil degree in development finance from the University of Stellenbosch Business School. This was after he attained a BCom Honours degree in economics, certificates in economic journalism and an applied economics online course with the University of Cape Town.
Details of memorial and funeral services will be released soon, the family said.
mkentanel@businesslive.co.za
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